Torvik has a tool that tracks every team’s NCAA Tournament candidacy. He currently ranks K-State as the No. 31 team out of the field, with a 7.6% chance of earning a berth into March Madness for the first time since 2023.

The holidays can expose a range of personality traits. Many are jolly and fun countered by a few more of the sour and unpleasant range. For the Kansas State women

Kansas State basketball has been a bit of a roller coaster through non-conference play. Can it be more consistent during the Big 12 season?

Kansas State hasn’t received any love this season from ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi. Don’t blame Lunardi. The Wildcats are 9-4 and in Lunardi’s latest Bracketology, released Tuesday, Kansas State was not mentioned — not even toward the bottom of his projected 68-team NCAA Tournament field.

Jerome Tang saw enough from the Kansas State men’s basketball team during its 13 nonconference games to feel confident about what the Wildcats can accomplish when league play begins later this week. “We have a Big 12 roster,” the K-State head coach said.

Nine of the 10 who have played for Kansas State have scored, with Abdi Bashir leading the way with eight points. The Wildcats are on a 6-0 run, taking their biggest lead of the game at the U4. Abdi Bashir leads the Cats with eight points, while Dorin Buca has seven points on 3-3 shooting.

Kansas State has two games this week, its final non-conference opponent, and then a powerful Big 12 opponent featuring one of the nation’s best players. K-State

Kansas State held on late to head into Big 12 play on a four-game winning streak after beating Louisiana Monroe.

K-State demolished South Dakota 106-76 in a game that was every bit as lopsided as the score indicated Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats got buckets early and often against the Coyotes and finished the day averaging 1.49 points per possession.

Kansas State won the game, 94-85, Sunday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats, now 9-4, led by 20 in the second half. But before the game could be put in cruise control, the Warhawks cut the Kansas State margin to 4 with just more than three minutes to play. But two clutch plays by Kansas State safely put the game away.